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Dams dramatically increase evaporation. Pull down the dams on the Colorado and other rivers and you’ll decrease that 50%. It’ll be good for fish, and species t
by bradleyjg 5y ago
Dams dramatically increase evaporation. Pull down the dams on the Colorado and other rivers and you’ll decrease that 50%.
It’ll be good for fish, and species that depend on fish, too.
- elmomle 5y agoDams are the only thing making the southwest habitable at scale (regular water regardless of river flow).
- bradleyjg 5y agoThere’s plenty of water for residential and even commercial use without dams. Dams are the only thing making the southwest farmable.
- ncmncm 5y agoFloating solar farms on the reservoirs will radically reduce evaporation, besides providing power. The power generated can be used, in many cases, to pump water back up to the next higher reservoir.